{"product_id":"russelville-kentucky-black-farmers-mob-lynching-1908-hate-crime-original-print-antique-photograph","title":"Russellville Kentucky Black Farmers Mob Lynching 1908 Antique Silver Gelatin Photo","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"\u003eRARE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL EPHEMERA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"\u003eAN UGLY VIEW INTO AMERICA'S RACE CRIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"\u003eRUSSELLVILLE, KENTUCKY 1908\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003eRACIST HATE CRIME MOB LYNCHING\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003eFOUR AFRICAN AMERICAN SHARECROPPERS \u003c\/span\u003eWERE ARRESTED AND HUNG BY A MOB FOR ASSOCIATING WITH ANOTHER \u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003eBLACK FARMER WHO SHOT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003eA WHITE MAN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003eIN SELF \u003c\/span\u003eDEFENSE\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003eNEWSPAPERS IN NEW YORK REPORTED THE EVENTS:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003e\"On August 1st of [1908], four men were hanged simultaneously in Logan County, Kentucky. Joseph Riley, and Virgil, Robert, and Thomas Jones were discontented sharecroppers in Russellville, Kentucky, with whom a man named Rufus Browder was a friend and lodge brother. When Browder and James Cuningham, the farmer for whom he worked, had an argument, Browder turned away when Cunningham cursed him and struck him with a whip. Cunningham then drew his pistol and shot Browder in the chest. Browder, in self-defense, returned the fire and killed Cunningham. After having his wounds tended to, Browder was arrested and sent to Louisville for his own protection. Subsequently, the three Jones men and Riley were conducting a lodge meeting in a private home when police entered and arrested them for disturbing the peace. In fact, they were arrested for having expressed approval of Browder's actions and discontentment with their employers. On August 1, 1908 one hundred men entered the jail and demanded the prisoners. The jailer complied, and the four men were hanged from the same tree. A note pinned to one of the men read, \"Let this be a warning to you n---ers to let white people alone or you will go the same way.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003eTHIS IS AN ORIGINAL SILVER GELATIN PHOTO\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003eFOUND IN THE BACK OF A KENTUCKY FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTAKEN BY LOCAL REPORTER\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"4\"\u003eMINOR B. 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